Get your game face on!

We're playing real ball now, boys!

J man has a new team, a new number and a new position, too.  This is serious stuff.

Kid pitch baseball is taking a little getting used to for all of us.  The boys are throwing harder than the coaches did last season, which really surprised me.  Coach Jeff was not looping it in there.

Nevertheless, these kids are striking out more than they'd like to sometimes.  Jackson struck out the first time up to bat on Thursday night, but he didn't let it get him down.

Thank goodness, because Coach Brian called him in to pitch at the end of the 1st inning.  We needed one more out...

and this time the kid came through big time!

It's amazing what a few pitching lessons from Coach can do.  Jackson pitched so well!

My little guy pitched 2 1/3 innings and only allowed one run to score.

He threw 43 pitches...

had 5 strikeouts...

one hit batter and two walks.  All in all, a great effort!  He even caught a ball that was hit back to him to end the 2nd inning.

Then he came up to bat again in the 3rd inning with bases loaded.  There was a full count on him, but he hung in there and hit it past the short stop.  The Wildcats scored two and Jackson made it safely to first base.  Yeehaw!  Wildcats won 12-4!  I have a feeling this season is going to be fun:)